Scans and imaging CPT 71260 Outpatient

Chest CT scan with contrast cost in Allentown, PA

In Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ, 1 hospital lists a cash price for diagnostic CT scan of the chest, with contrast dye: from $223.70 to $223.70, with a median of $223.70. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $1,424.40 at 65 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 71260, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$223.70Hackettstown Medical Center
Median$223.70half pay less
Highest$223.70in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ.

median
Lowest $223.70Highest $546.77

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Hackettstown Medical Center lowest Hackettstown, NJ · (908) 852-5100 CT Thorax Dx W $223.70 $5,397.00 — 96% —
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Hackettstown Medical Center Hackettstown, NJ · (908) 852-5100 CT Thorax Dx W $546.77 $17,369.01 — 97% —
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Outpatient: lowest $223.70, median $223.70, highest $223.70.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $223.70. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

What it is

A chest CT with contrast uses X-rays and dye injected into a vein to make detailed pictures of the lungs, blood vessels, lymph nodes and other chest tissues. It is used to look at masses, enlarged lymph nodes, infections and for cancer staging.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the scan; the contrast agent may appear as a separate line on some bills. The radiologist's reading is often billed separately.